An Old Schoolboy
1943 to 1947 includes 5 years of my school life in Simla. (Two years in Preparatory School in Chota Simla). Now an Octogenarian does sum up many years ago. Strangely enough its indelible imprint on my life leave clusters of fond memories. Born a Christian of British parentage out in India I have always classed […]
The Missing Sibling & The Saga Of Kartoo – two writings by Gurrinder [Indi] Khanna
The Missing Sibling While born in Simla, the entire formative years of our son Madhav till he went off to a boarding school, were on an estate in Upper Assam. The upshot was that Madhav naturally grew up with and adopted the ‘garden Hindi’ as his mother tongue. A language which I describe as the […]
A few more – from Suresh Sethi
COVID-19 Krishna, I know you love to show off your magical powers— To bring massive upheavals on this earth: And then justify them with your old excuse— ‘ I have to reduce the burden of Mother Earth’. Hence the great war of Mahabharata; Followed by countless, wars, floods and famines— And now Covid-19, Your […]
Remembrance : Brig Rajendra Shamsher Singh Kohli [Curzon 1927-37] – on his 1st death anniversary
Brig Kohli’s daughter, Sheela, sent in a photograph [taken at Nathu La in 1965] of her father a year since he passed on at the age of 99
Take me….by Himār Arjun Singh
A small poem – just some random thoughts on a late evening – my ode to the beautiful mountains of Himachal. Take me…. By Himār Arjun Singh OC 95 | Curzon | Roll No. 291 Economist & Head, Public Policy at Bharti Enterprises Take me…. Take me to the mountains for I am burdened since […]
MY TIME AT BCS – David Wood-Robinson 1940/4
I and my brother Mark were among the batch of boys from England who came out to India after the fall of France in WW2 and spent most of the war years at BCS. My other younger brother Colin started at the prep school and later moved up to BCS. I started in the Headmaster’s House […]
Batch of ‘04 – from Raghav Kumar
Hi Folks, Hope you doing well! This would be my 1st mail to you. It’s been 16 years since my batch and I, have passed out of school and life has taken us to various places. My batch created a small whatsapp group, so that we can all be in touch. This year has been […]
Sharing some BCS memories – Rohan Charanji [Curzon 2006]
Hi there Sharing some images I have with me. From my dad Ravi Charanji 69 and me Rohan Charanji 06 Thanks and be well
The Dear Departed – by Ateek Gupta
THE DEAR DEPARTED IT FEELS LIKE YESTERDAY THAT YOU LEFT GOD TAKING YOU AWAY FROM ME WILL ALWAYS BE HIS GREATEST THEFT I DO NOTHING NOW BUT WEEP BECAUSE THERE WAS A PROMISE YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO KEEP NOW MY LIFE IS CLEAVED IF YOU WERE HERE I WOULD HAVE FELT SO RELIEVED NOW I […]
My days at BCS By Nitish Grover
In response to your mail I am giving below a link to something I wrote on Linkedin regarding my days at BCS. I joined BCS in 1966 in class one and left in 1971 at the end of class VI after which I studied at Frank Anthony , New Delhi where I passed my ISC […]